Customer Reviews

Lets Hear It for the Laurie Berkner Band

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3 star:		(5)
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We got the Laurie Berkner DVD right after we saw the ad for it on Nick Jr.

My daughter (10 months) would stop whatever she was doing to watch some of the videos on Nick like "Who's That?" and "5 years old". So once we saw they were making a DVD we jumped on it.

And sure enough she loves it. With the exception of 1 or 2 songs all of the songs on this DVD are fun and some are just silly. Lauries music is constantly encouraging the kids to participate. My daughter knows when to clap and even make the Octopus sound during the "Pig on your head" song.

Most of the songs even my wife and I like with the exception of the "Clouds" song and "On the farm".

The Moose and Zee interludes are kinda cheesy and my daughter seems to loose attention during them after she's watched the DVD a few times. But the Moose and Zee songs include a couple that she really likes like "Everywhere I go".

Here's a list of the songs you'll find (not sure of the names);

5 Days Old

Cat Came Back

In the Clouds (probably my daughter and I's least favorite on the disc)

I'm a Mess

I'm me and you're you

I'm not perfect

I Really Love to Dance

Magic Box

My Energy

On the Farm

Pig On Her Head

Rocket Ship Run

Fast and Slow

Sneaks

Victor Vito

Who's That

From Moose and Zee you'll get;

Everywhere I go

Music Makes Me

Were Goin On A Trip

Word of Wonder

The production value varies but is usually pretty good don't expect High Def or anything but it's nice and clear, there's some interlacing so if you have a newer TV with progressive scan you'll notice it but I really doubt it will make a difference to your kids.

Most of the videos feature little kids running around dancing, singing, clapping and having fun which catches and holds my daughters attention. Seeing the little kids do things seems to also help encourage her to mimic them and participate in the song and dance.

I really only have one gripe and bear with me here. This DVD has an insane amount of copy protection. For most folks that wont be a big deal, but we like to rip our movies to our media PC and stash the DVD's so they don't get ruined. One benefit to this is instant access and another is that if the songs are ripped separately you can make a playlist and only play the songs you like. You can also easily bring the movies along on a laptop or back them up to an external pocket drive and watch them at grandma's without toting a box full of DVD's. We do this for my daughter with movies, music etc. It's a lot like ripping music to your ipod, but instead your just putting your movies on your media drive.

However this DVD was so protected that it took me over a week before I could finally find an application that would let me get it on my computer.

Now I understand copy protection but it was a bit ridiculous, especially for some kids songs. In the DVD player I also couldn't bypass the 10 minutes of advertisements which was incredibly annoying.

So it loses 1 star for that but based on my daughters reaction I'd have to say I recommend getting this DVD, it's a lot of fun.

My wife and I sing the songs to her now when we're in the car and she claps when appropriate and of course makes the octopus sound... it's pretty darn cute.

This DVD is not awful, but it is vastly inferior to "We are... The Laurie Berkner Band". In that one, they draw from over a decade of songs that Laurie wrote. We Are... also seems better produced and directed. As an example, the lighting was much better in the first DVD. In the new one, Laurie is blasted with high intensity lights, so much so that her face appears overexposed and white and her eyes a little too dramatic (guess that's the style today though). Musically I prefer the first one too.

This DVD also suffers from interludes with the Nick Jr. moose where he does silly things to hype the crowd. This gets old fast, and kills replay value.

Her early DVD I have literally watched a hundred times and still enjoy. We even went to see the band in concert. They are great.

I still give this DVD four stars because it's above average compared to other childrens' DVDs.

preordered this a month ago, just got it and my kid does love it. gets extra excited when 5 days old and fast and slow comes on as those are the videos she recognizes from nick jr. i agree with the other reviewers about being disappointed that FAMILY was not included. I guess it will be on the next dvd and we will have to buy it... also, my daughter loves that moose and zee are the host as she probably loves them more than any other show...

I bought this because F A M I L Y was on the show and my kids love that song. We already have all these songs. My kids will watch it but they keep asking where the FAMILY song is.

Not sure why there are some negative comments here, unless some people just like to be negative for no logical reason. This video is great, and our 2 year old loves it! Many of the videos are from Jack's Big Music Show, and others we hadn't seen before, which was nice. We also love the intermixing of Moose between the songs... Don't be fooled by the naysayers here, this video is a winner and your kids will love it! (To the nayayers, what were you expecting? Gone With The Wind? And who was that person criticizing the lighting? Really???)

When I pulled out this DVD and Damien laid eyes on it, it was like I had struck gold. He got all excited and we had to put it in right away. He kept making my mom stand up and do what they were doing on TV. It was cute watching them jump up and down and dance around. This is a great DVD to get your kids active and they'll have a blast.

I might not have gotten this if I realized Family was not included. Any one know why it was left out? I like that I can only select songs that makes it nice, when I only want the kids to watch a little.

My little girl just got this for Christmas, and the first time she watched it she got upset every time Moose and Zee came on. Moose and Zee come on between every song segment and she didn't like it. She would start yelling "Laurie Berkner". I think people who order this are ordering it to get Laurie Berkner, not Nick Jr.

I also didn't realize it was going to have songs from her last DVD on it as well. I thought it would be all new songs. But overall, I think my little girl will enjoy watching it (once she gets used to this format), and I definitely don't mind listening to it in the car (especially compared to some of her DVD's).

I bought this for my 3 year old and she absolutely loves the dvd. It's great that Moose and Zee are also featured. The music is great -- i love to sing along and dance with my daughter.

Laurie Berkner writes catchy, fun, musically interesting songs that even adults can enjoy! The songs on this disc are some of our favorites, and we were so happy the 'fast and slow' was included. My only minor complaint is that since Nicolodean produced it, you have some annoying character skits included and previews to skip. I liked her first DVD a little better because it's only her music and nothing else! But I'm happy with this DVD, my 16 month old loves it, and I like that it doesn't have too many repeats from her other DVD.